349, Lot: 241. Estimate $100. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESSENIA, Thuria. Geta. As Caesar, AD 198-209. Æ Assarion (19mm, 4.17 g, 8h). Struck circa AD 198-205. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Fortuna standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; Λ-A across field. BCD Peloponnesos 838.3; NCP –; Dura –; BMC –. VF, dark green patina, orange earthen highlights. Very rare.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.